National and ethnic minorities in museums

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  • Peter Dragsbo Museum Sønderjylland - Sønderborg Slot

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.6337

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

national and ethnic minority, minority museums, self-representation, borderlands, Schleswig, Bohemia, Jewish museums

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In the discussions of the representation of the numerous “new” ethnic,
religious, gender and cultural minorities, the “old” national and ethnic minorities
sometimes seem to be a little forgotten. Thus, some of the crucial questions of
these minorities in relation to museums are rarely discussed. One of these is the
tendency of many minority museums to formalize stereotypes of the minority, a
so-to-say self- “folklorization”. At the same time respecting the importance of a
minority to master its self-presentation through museums, the museums have a
common challenge to include the outside world, being aware that every minority is
also a product of historical processes, short and long distance influences, meeting
and mixture of cultures, changing identities and shifts in self-symbolization. Also,
the minorities must accept that majority museums have a right and duty to tell
the history of the minorities, thus cooperating with the minority in reducing
the “othering” on both sides, accepting that both sides, freed from any bias, can
communicate also the “unpleasant” stories of the other part.

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Peter Dragsbo, Museum Sønderjylland - Sønderborg Slot

Project Manager of Interreg IVa-projekt "Mindretalsliv/Minderheitenleben"

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